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confections
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Only confections that include no flour and require no refrigeration are considered candy under that definition, which Kelly said will be used as the basis of the new SNAP restrictions.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
5 Mar. 2026 -
After bread, Nugent wants to turn her focus to expanding the bakery’s line of confections to more regularly include things like chocolate slabs, caramels, gum drops and pâte de fruit, or French fruit paste.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Confectionaries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confectionaries. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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